Traders started protesting on Saturday afternoon when some mobile sets were seized; They stopped the customs detectives, stopped the traffic on the road.
After leaving the road after about one and a half hours, they were not leaving the officials operating with the additional director general of the Customs department, Kazi Ziauddin.
In the afternoon, Ziauddin sat in a meeting with the business association leaders of the marketing dispute. After a half-hour discussion, they came out of the shopping mall around 5:30 pm.
Customs intelligence director general Sahidul Islam told bdnews24.com the meeting was concluded by assuring the traders that the necessary documents will be taken after scrutinizing the mobile phones.
Customs detectives raided Bashundhara Shopping Mall at around 12pm to seize illegal mobile sets.
RAB tried to calm the situation when the traders stopped. In the meantime, RAB officials also got a heated exchange of exchange with the traders.
At one stage, at around 1pm, the traders took position from the Panthapath in front of the shopping center to Karwar Bazar. But they left the road at around 3.
Ziauddin then told the journalists, "According to the rules, the operation is being conducted in Bashundhara Market. The traders have been told that the necessary documents will be returned and the mobile will be returned.
But businessmen's anger did not diminish. The merchants were stuck by the customs detectives who wanted to get them out of the marketing dispute.
Mofazzel Hossain Mamun, a businessman of RM Trading International, told bdnews24.com, "Without any notice, the Customs detectives took away the mobile phone by carrying millions of mobile phones in the market. They did the raids without informing the local police. So forced the businessmen to stop their way and seek back the mobile. "
Ujjal Hossain, owner of Usha Telecom, said, "The goods taken from 5 shops were worth Tk 2 crore. They have taken the iPhone. We did not want to know about other mobile issues. "
A protesting businessman said. Nazimuddin said, "Before every Eid, the Customs detectives come here harassing businessmen. They take the mobile and do not return them. "
But the Customs detectives denied the allegation of harassment.
Customs Intelligence Director General Shahidul said, "The zero tolerance policy has been adopted against those who are illegally depriving the government of huge amount of money by selling and selling mobile without paying taxes. Based on the necessary information, there are plans for further operations in future. "
He said 262 iPhone phones worth Tk 2 crore were seized on Saturday in Uttara, Gulshan and Mohakhali. Nine people have been detained for the alleged illegal sale of these sets.